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Barking 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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19 cases occurred in the South Ward.
4 cases occurred in the North Ward.
4 cases occurred in the East Ward.
1 case occurred in the West Ward.
I add the usual list for comparison with former years:—
| Year. | No. of Cases. | Treated in Hospital. | Percentage treated in Hospital. | Death Rate. | Per cent. of Notification. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 78 | 10 | .10 |
| 1906 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 73 | 9 | .03 |
| 1905 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 64.2 | 0 | .00 |
| 1904 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 27 | .18 |
| 1903 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43.7 | 25.0 | .16 |
| 1902 | 42 | 6 | 30 | 71 | 14.2 | .. |
| 1901 | 68 | 3 | 35 | 51 | 4.4 | .. |
| 1900 | 50 | 7 | 38 | 76 | 14.0 | .. |
| 1899 | 52 | 3 | 33 | 63.4 | 5.7 | .. |
| 1898 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 74.1 | 6.2 | .. |
Phthisis.
The number of deaths registered from this disease during the
year 1907 was 39, which gives a death rate from this disease of
13 per thousand of the estimated population. In 1906 the rate
was .6 per thousand or a little less than half. This year was the
first in which the voluntary notifications of phthisis was adopted in
the district and it is very curious that in that year the number of
cases should go up to double the normal or very nearly so. I have
no facts at present available to propound any theory to account for
it, possibly it is merely coincidental, but be the reason for it what